Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in New Hanover Township are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 43.7 in Jersey City. The poverty rate is 2.6%, where New Jersey as a whole has 9.7%. New Hanover Township grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Hanover Township: the figures worth knowing
Commutes from New Hanover Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
New Hanover Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Hanover Township is Philadelphia, PA, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (107) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where New Hanover Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, New Hanover Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #48 of 468 in New Jersey. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides New Hanover Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: New Hanover Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Hanover Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 13 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,595 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from New Hanover Township
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in New Hanover Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,354 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 1,026 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where New Hanover Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
71% of the jobs in New Hanover Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,040 jobs are based in New Hanover Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hanover Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,218 → 1,040. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In New Hanover Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Hanover Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #267 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place New Hanover Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,692 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 80% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of New Hanover Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Hanover Township is 150th of 3,297 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 149 | Mendham NJ | 4,985 | $212K | 3.5% | 3.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 150 | New Hanover Township NJ | 6,237 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 151 | Heeia HI | 5,144 | $176K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 152 | Manasquan NJ | 5,954 | $143K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Hanover Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
New Hanover Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hanover Township | – | A+ | A | 13 min | $107,292 |
| North Hanover Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $86,683 |
| Wrightstown | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Pemberton Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $80,843 |
| Plumsted Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $103,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wrightstown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Hanover Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Hanover Township?
$107,292 (±$15,629) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hanover Township?
2.6%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hanover Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hanover Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 30 mi), New York City (4%, 56 mi), Newark (2%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Hanover Township walkable?
New Hanover Township is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Hanover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Hanover Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.